The Top 37 Places to Eat Near SLS Cancun
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Rank 1. La Casa de Las Mayoras
Vegetarian Mexican
A vegetarian breakfast spot in downtown Cancún where the tortillas are hand-pressed and the salsas are seasoned with evident purpose. Chilaquiles, quesadillas, and tostadas anchor the menu, with fruit batidos on hand if the heat gets serious. The room has the warmth of a family kitchen rather than a health-food statement. On good days, Guato, a chihuahua-beagle mix of considerable local renown, holds court on the premises.
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Rank 3. Kiosco Verde
Seafood
Outdoor tables line the road through Puerto Juárez at this relaxed, open-air seafood spot, where the menu runs long and the blackboard runs longer. Everything comes from the local market, cooked in the regional style, and the portions are generous enough to make dessert feel optimistic. Order it anyway. The Michelin Guide has it selected, which tracks for a place where locals and curious visitors end up at the same table without anyone planning it that way.
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Rank 7. María Dolores By Edgar Núñez
Contemporary Mexican
Fine dining inside the Atelier Playa Mujeres resort, with a balcony where live music drifts over your table and service that borders on theatrical. Celebrity chef Edgar Núñez shapes a contemporary Mexican menu that moves through the country's regional traditions, from Sonoran to Oaxacan, with obvious ambition. A tasting menu anchors the room, though the à la carte runs deep. It took Mexico's Best Restaurant at the 2025 World Culinary Awards.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Latin America's Best Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · Mexico's Best Restaurant
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Rank 9. María Dolores
Vegetarian
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Rank 14. Punta Corcho
Seafood
A thatched, open-air seafood restaurant on the second floor in Puerto Morelos, where the ocean breeze does most of the interior decorating. The menu moves between traditional Mexican flavors and the occasional Provençal detour without making a fuss about it, and the ceviches and gorditas stuffed with roasted octopus are the kind of starters that quietly derail any plan to order light. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 15. Woodend by Curtis Stone
Wood-fired Steakhouse
The smoke hits you before the menu does, which is the whole point at this wood-fired steakhouse on the Maroma coast. Celebrity chef Curtis Stone's name is on the door; the charcoal oven and wood-fired grill do the actual talking, turning out local seafood and well-marbled steaks with a confident simplicity. The sides are serious enough to order twice. Flip-flops are technically fine, though the room skews dressier than the beach you just left.
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Rank 17. Bu'ul
Mexican
Tucked inside the Chablé Maroma resort after a walk through actual jungle, Bu'ul is a fine-dining restaurant built around the argument that corn, beans, and chiles need no European framework to anchor a serious menu. The kitchen leans into recado rojo, pipián verde, and Oaxacan chocolate with the confidence of a place that has nothing to prove to risotto. Mezcal pairs well with dessert, and the setting makes that feel completely reasonable.
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Pools of water run alongside the open dining room at this upscale Mexican restaurant inside the Riviera Maya EDITION hotel, giving the whole place the feeling of a very civilized swim break. The kitchen pulls ingredients from across Mexico and tilts familiar dishes sideways, pairing lamb with pistachio-and-cocoa-nib guacamole, for instance. Servers in crisp whites keep the spacious room running smoothly, cocktail bar humming at the center.
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The chef here changes the tasting menu often enough that regulars keep coming back to see what strange new pairing has arrived, spider crab with jackfruit or smoked bacon alongside tuna. It's a fine dining room inside the Grand Velas resort with ocean views and service that borders on ceremonial. The wine pairing leans into small Mexican producers. A Michelin star and AAA Five Diamonds sit on the shelf, if that helps set expectations.
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- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Latin America's Best Hotel Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · Mexico's Best Restaurant
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Winner · Mexico's Best Hotel Restaurant
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Rank 24. Restaurante Ha'
French-influenced Mexican
Getting to Ha' requires some navigation through Hotel Xcaret, so budget the time. Once you're seated, this is a tasting menu restaurant where Carlos Gaytán's French training meets confident Mexican identity, producing flavor combinations bold enough to make the wine pairing feel like homework you'd actually do. Ha' holds a Michelin star and AAA Five Diamonds. The rosemary ice cream served on honeydew pearls shows the kitchen's touch even on the palate cleanser.
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Rank 26. Le Chique
Contemporary Mexican
Inside Hotel Xcaret Arte, Le Chique runs a theatrical contemporary Mexican tasting menu where the presentations are almost aggressively beautiful, foie gras tucked into citrus, huitlacoche donuts arriving with enough ceremony to feel earned. The kitchen moves through Mexico's regions course by course, and the procession is long, from dazzling seafood to a parade of sweets that seems to keep going. It holds a Michelin star and a spot on Latin America's 50 Best list.
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- AAA Five Diamonds
- MexBest Fine Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest Mejor Experiencia de Vino: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 29. Gaia At Maykana
Seafood
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Rank 31. Axiote
Yucatan Mexican
The guano leaf roof sets the palapa mood before you even sit down. This is a casual Yucatan restaurant in Gonzalo Guerrero where the salsas arrive first and pull no punches on heat. The kitchen runs familiar regional dishes with modern plating, and the desserts quietly steal the meal. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, it keeps portions generous and prices grounded. A full tasting menu exists if you want the longer conversation.
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Rank 32. Tauro Steakhouse
French Steakhouse
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Rank 33. El Fogón
Mexican
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